It looks like we'll probably see more delays. A few kickstarters are reporting game Factories (most factories in general) in china have been shut down because of the Corona virus and need government approval to reopen.
It looks like we'll probably see more delays. A few kickstarters are reporting game Factories (most factories in general) in china have been shut down because of the Corona virus and need government approval to reopen.
It looks like we'll probably see more delays. A few kickstarters are reporting game Factories (most factories in general) in china have been shut down because of the Corona virus and need government approval to reopen.
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No but seriously that sucks and I hope China figures this out and these folks get better and stop suffering
I believe official maps are 33mm (1.3 in) flat to flat. Just slightly larger than the bases. 3rd party maps for battletech are typically listed as 1.25 in, but you can always play on maps with larger hexes.
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
It makes me really really happy to know that the Comstar pin is basically gonna be a a rectangle that's about 2 inches long by not quite an inch wide and will basically look like a Star Trek insignia badge.
Also the FRR and Steiner pins 100% look like unit pins that you could put on a military uniform costume.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
thank god for thingiverse
Welcome to the fun world! I'm curious, which printer did you buy?
My first Battletech thing I printed were hex bases for my metal figures that I have yet to paint.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
thank god for thingiverse
If you haven't found them already on there, I can recommend all the BT models by "Syllogy". Compared to most others, his are all custom posed and fixed to generally print well. Though the antennas are generally too small at that scale for an fdm printer.
Just remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
thank god for thingiverse
If you haven't found them already on there, I can recommend all the BT models by "Syllogy". Compared to most others, his are all custom posed and fixed to generally print well. Though the antennas are generally too small at that scale for an fdm printer.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
thank god for thingiverse
Welcome to the fun world! I'm curious, which printer did you buy?
My first Battletech thing I printed were hex bases for my metal figures that I have yet to paint.
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lots to print between Battletech, HeroQuest, D&D and the other little bits and pieces for my piles of games.
So today my regular gaming opponent wanted to play TT Battletech again.
My GLT-4L Guillotine vs his BLR-1D Battlemaster on a two map desert biome (no special rules in effect). The game came down to a machine gun.
He knew he had to keep his distance because while his PPC and armor gave him an advantage at range, my SRMs changed the equation at less than 9 hexes.
My first shot of the game is a head hit with my large laser, and the game becomes one of cat and mouse as I try to close while he tries to keep me at range. Armor keeps getting lower on both of us as we trade hits, and then I maneuver to get him within 5 hexes.
His response is to charge me, and 43 points of damage, even spread around, is scary. Luckily, I manage to keep standing from both the 20+ damage and being charged rolls, while he easily passes his own roll.
He breaks off again, and I decide to give him some space, but I also decide to start riding my heat bar more because I already had less armor to begin with, and now mine was considerably thinner. His shots start going internal, both arms and my right torso are stripped but luckily he keeps rolling low on his crit damage chance rolls, while I have his CT almost open.
Then comes what turns out to be our last damage trade. I go internal in his CT but don't find anything juicy. Meanwhile he rips off my left arm and nearly removes my right torso completely.
Then he fires one of his machine guns. A hit! The damage roll...a "2" on my (almost) pristine CT. I start sweating as he rolls for the critical hits.
And he rolls a "12." Two gyro hits and an engine hit.
Naturally I flub the 11+ needed for the seatbelt check, but I remain conscious. Not that it mattered. Unable to stand anymore, 19 heat on my heat scale thanks to previous heat, the alpha strike, and the engine hit, and multiple components open and/or ready to fall off meant game was effectively over.
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Got word from a friend that a game store in the city had the Armored Combat box so I finally picked one up today!
Also hit the library makerspace and got a 'Mech started on their resin printer. Gonna have to wait 'til next week to pick it up though.
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1. I love 3-ups!
2. @Nobody And that situation is precisely why I will always play with the Floating Crit rule nowadays. Having the 2 on the to-hit chart always hit the CT is a Feels Bad moment, and with the Floating Crit it's more terrifying (Oh No My Cockpit!) but usually less damaging.
So today my regular gaming opponent wanted to play TT Battletech again.
My GLT-4L Guillotine vs his BLR-1D Battlemaster on a two map desert biome (no special rules in effect). The game came down to a machine gun.
He knew he had to keep his distance because while his PPC and armor gave him an advantage at range, my SRMs changed the equation at less than 9 hexes.
My first shot of the game is a head hit with my large laser, and the game becomes one of cat and mouse as I try to close while he tries to keep me at range. Armor keeps getting lower on both of us as we trade hits, and then I maneuver to get him within 5 hexes.
His response is to charge me, and 43 points of damage, even spread around, is scary. Luckily, I manage to keep standing from both the 20+ damage and being charged rolls, while he easily passes his own roll.
He breaks off again, and I decide to give him some space, but I also decide to start riding my heat bar more because I already had less armor to begin with, and now mine was considerably thinner. His shots start going internal, both arms and my right torso are stripped but luckily he keeps rolling low on his crit damage chance rolls, while I have his CT almost open.
Then comes what turns out to be our last damage trade. I go internal in his CT but don't find anything juicy. Meanwhile he rips off my left arm and nearly removes my right torso completely.
Then he fires one of his machine guns. A hit! The damage roll...a "2" on my (almost) pristine CT. I start sweating as he rolls for the critical hits.
And he rolls a "12." Two gyro hits and an engine hit.
Naturally I flub the 11+ needed for the seatbelt check, but I remain conscious. Not that it mattered. Unable to stand anymore, 19 heat on my heat scale thanks to previous heat, the alpha strike, and the engine hit, and multiple components open and/or ready to fall off meant game was effectively over.
And this right here is why battletech is so good and nothing will ever replace the original hex game. All that juicy crunchy bit by bit damage of 2 behemoths slogging it out back and forth. AlphaStrike is nice, but is not nearly as satisfying.
Congrats Hydro it's a.... Blob. Actually that is a really good Cyclops. Guessing the other four attempts were different positions to minimize the support?
Congrats Hydro it's a.... Blob. Actually that is a really good Cyclops. Guessing the other four attempts were different positions to minimize the support?
Haha! No. Nozzle was just a smidge too high and kept jacking up the base. This is the first one that got higher than like 5 lines. I still need to figure out how to do anything more advanced than hitting slice in cura and printing whatever it outputs.
Congrats Hydro it's a.... Blob. Actually that is a really good Cyclops. Guessing the other four attempts were different positions to minimize the support?
Haha! No. Nozzle was just a smidge too high and kept jacking up the base. This is the first one that got higher than like 5 lines. I still need to figure out how to do anything more advanced than hitting slice in cura and printing whatever it outputs.
Like fill patterns, print speed, etc.? Or how to use a Raspberry Pi and Octoprint connected to an Alexa controlled power supply and webcams to make your printer be a wireless hub of awesomeness?
A Lance of Manticors! Way easier to clean up than the cyclops. They came out a tad big for a 60 ton tank, so I'll probably shrink em by 20% and try again. The hex base on em are 1.25". Huuuuuge tanks.
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Crossposting my painted robits from the painting thread!
Finished the last four Mechs from the Battletech starter box! Having a blast playing this game over beer and pretzels. My friend got some awesome 3d printed city terrain and we've been playing a 5 person merc campaign. All of us are almost bankrupt.
Battlemaster (died from an SRM ammo explosion. Will be a long time before I can buy another.)
Thunderbolt (solid workhorse brawler. It's slabs of armour and jumpjets have served me well.)
Shadowhawk (yet to be fielded, though I'm not expecting great things. Inferior in pretty much all ways to the Wolverine.)
Locust (Cheap as chips and annoying enough to be useful, unlike it's garbage starterbox counterpart, the Commando)
Thanks guys! These are really fun to paint because they have loads of detail but I don't have to paint a zillion of them, like warhammer armies.
My friend recently got a nice resin 3d printer, so I'll be able to get my hands on some tasty new models soon. Probobly try my hand at a Hunchback first.
Thanks guys! These are really fun to paint because they have loads of detail but I don't have to paint a zillion of them, like warhammer armies.
My friend recently got a nice resin 3d printer, so I'll be able to get my hands on some tasty new models soon. Probobly try my hand at a Hunchback first.
You should check out the MWO model of the Locust. Honestly I love it more than the TT remodeled version.
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That, unfortunately, certainly makes sense.
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No but seriously that sucks and I hope China figures this out and these folks get better and stop suffering
Also woo lapel pins!
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[Edit] Yeah, I think it's closer to 1.25". The smaller flat-top hex base IWM sells is 30 mm flat to flat.
just measured and yep. its 1.25"-1.3" depending on how you measure it.
Also the FRR and Steiner pins 100% look like unit pins that you could put on a military uniform costume.
Soooo... in an attempt to recreate the fall of '88 when i was introduced to Battletech (with all the sweet mechs and vehicles strewn across a map on my friends dads table), i may have gotten in over my head and bought a 3D printer. Wish me luck! With a shitload to do this weekend and impending elbow surgery mid next week, i need to quit farting around with files and actually put the damn thing together.
thank god for thingiverse
Welcome to the fun world! I'm curious, which printer did you buy?
My first Battletech thing I printed were hex bases for my metal figures that I have yet to paint.
Steam: betsuni7
If you haven't found them already on there, I can recommend all the BT models by "Syllogy". Compared to most others, his are all custom posed and fixed to generally print well. Though the antennas are generally too small at that scale for an fdm printer.
oh... i found em alright
i3 Mega S
lots to print between Battletech, HeroQuest, D&D and the other little bits and pieces for my piles of games.
My GLT-4L Guillotine vs his BLR-1D Battlemaster on a two map desert biome (no special rules in effect). The game came down to a machine gun.
My first shot of the game is a head hit with my large laser, and the game becomes one of cat and mouse as I try to close while he tries to keep me at range. Armor keeps getting lower on both of us as we trade hits, and then I maneuver to get him within 5 hexes.
His response is to charge me, and 43 points of damage, even spread around, is scary. Luckily, I manage to keep standing from both the 20+ damage and being charged rolls, while he easily passes his own roll.
He breaks off again, and I decide to give him some space, but I also decide to start riding my heat bar more because I already had less armor to begin with, and now mine was considerably thinner. His shots start going internal, both arms and my right torso are stripped but luckily he keeps rolling low on his crit damage chance rolls, while I have his CT almost open.
Then comes what turns out to be our last damage trade. I go internal in his CT but don't find anything juicy. Meanwhile he rips off my left arm and nearly removes my right torso completely.
Then he fires one of his machine guns. A hit! The damage roll...a "2" on my (almost) pristine CT. I start sweating as he rolls for the critical hits.
And he rolls a "12." Two gyro hits and an engine hit.
Naturally I flub the 11+ needed for the seatbelt check, but I remain conscious. Not that it mattered. Unable to stand anymore, 19 heat on my heat scale thanks to previous heat, the alpha strike, and the engine hit, and multiple components open and/or ready to fall off meant game was effectively over.
Also hit the library makerspace and got a 'Mech started on their resin printer. Gonna have to wait 'til next week to pick it up though.
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How bout some jumbo minis!
2. @Nobody And that situation is precisely why I will always play with the Floating Crit rule nowadays. Having the 2 on the to-hit chart always hit the CT is a Feels Bad moment, and with the Floating Crit it's more terrifying (Oh No My Cockpit!) but usually less damaging.
And this right here is why battletech is so good and nothing will ever replace the original hex game. All that juicy crunchy bit by bit damage of 2 behemoths slogging it out back and forth. AlphaStrike is nice, but is not nearly as satisfying.
https://imgur.com/a/sCgHnOm
Need to do a shit load of trimming
Congrats Hydro it's a.... Blob. Actually that is a really good Cyclops. Guessing the other four attempts were different positions to minimize the support?
Steam: betsuni7
Haha! No. Nozzle was just a smidge too high and kept jacking up the base. This is the first one that got higher than like 5 lines. I still need to figure out how to do anything more advanced than hitting slice in cura and printing whatever it outputs.
Like fill patterns, print speed, etc.? Or how to use a Raspberry Pi and Octoprint connected to an Alexa controlled power supply and webcams to make your printer be a wireless hub of awesomeness?
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Trimming? More like carving.
That right there might as well be your Statue of David, as much cut work you've got to do.
No joke. I'm sitting here staring at it wondering how the hell I'm gonna cut it out
Welp... I broke off both arms, and it took me almost 90 minutes with an exacto and sprue cutters, but he's out!
He's pretty rough, but some glue and a coat of dark paint will make him quite dapper.
Too bad there's a shortage of guns and just a bunch of spare, oversized legs
How many did you assemble?
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A Lance of Manticors! Way easier to clean up than the cyclops. They came out a tad big for a 60 ton tank, so I'll probably shrink em by 20% and try again. The hex base on em are 1.25". Huuuuuge tanks.
None. Fortunately, I already own enough small trash cans.
You can never have enough trash cans.
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Battlemaster (died from an SRM ammo explosion. Will be a long time before I can buy another.)
Thunderbolt (solid workhorse brawler. It's slabs of armour and jumpjets have served me well.)
Shadowhawk (yet to be fielded, though I'm not expecting great things. Inferior in pretty much all ways to the Wolverine.)
Locust (Cheap as chips and annoying enough to be useful, unlike it's garbage starterbox counterpart, the Commando)
For posterity, the rest of my stable.
As Keanu would say, they're breathtaking.
My friend recently got a nice resin 3d printer, so I'll be able to get my hands on some tasty new models soon. Probobly try my hand at a Hunchback first.
You should check out the MWO model of the Locust. Honestly I love it more than the TT remodeled version.
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